Turkey's Otherworldly Salt Flats

The strange beauty of a dried-up lake.

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Published July 19, 2018

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During most of the year, the water is so shallow you can stand in much of Turkey's Lake Tuz and not get your knees wet. But in August, Turkey's second-largest lake dries up and visitors are left to wander otherworldly — and seemingly endless — salt flats. At 643 square miles, Lake Tuz produces nearly two-thirds of all the salt consumed in Turkey.